Two Black women will serve together for the first time in Senate history
In a landmark election, voters have chosen the first two Black women to serve in the U.S. Senate simultaneously. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks won their respective races and raised the total number of Black women elected to the government branch from two to four.
Black Women Break a US Senate Barrier, Winning Two Seats
Two Black women, Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, have won US Senate seats representing Maryland and Delaware, breaking another barrier in a 235-year-old institution long dominated by White men.
Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester Become First Two Black in Senate at Same Time
Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland will change the math. They are both projected to win their races on Tuesday — making history while bringing gr
Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the ... there have been more than 2,000 people who have served in the United States Senate. Only three have looked like me.” “And so I want to salute ...
Black women to serve together in Senate for first time with Rochester, Alsobrooks wins
Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland have ever had a Black senator.
The Senate will have two Black women at the same time for the first time in history
Angela Alsobrooks won her Senate race here on Tuesday. With that victory, she achieved something never before seen in the 235-year history of the Senate: serving alongside another Black woman in the upper chamber.
8 women who made history in the 2024 election: ‘It's humbling to win'
Here are 8 women who made history with their election wins: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, 53, is the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the United States Senate and the second female senator from the state after Democrat Barbara Mikulski.
Maryland Elects Angela Alsobrooks For Senator In Historic Win For Black Women Politicians
Maryland has officially elected its first Black senator, Angela Alsobrooks, in a historic win to keep the seat blue.
Two Black women will serve together in the Senate for the first time
Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, both Democrats, won their Senate races on Tuesday — doubling the number of Black women who have been elected to the chamber.
Blunt Rochester to become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in US Senate
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester won her contest for a seat in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, setting her up to become the first ...
Arizona Senate Results 2024
View results from the 2024 Arizona Senate election. Follow live outcomes and maps by district as votes are added up on ...